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Imagine suddenly having the gift of understanding and speaking Chinese. Which
websites would you visit? Who would you want to chat with--in Chinese?
Start understanding news headlines, emails and documents as easily as
reading English. It's all possible with the MDBG Chinese Reader.

Mouseover Chinese
text

Talking Chinese-English dictionary

Glide your mouse over Chinese text and MDBG Chinese
Reader’s LiveScan™ window immediately explains the
Chinese text and reads the words aloud in Chinese. MDBG Chinese Reader shows
over 105,000 meanings of words and phrases from MDBG's CC-CEDICT, the world's most popular Chinese-English
dictionary. With this dictionary is installed on your
computer, it's always available--even when the Internet is
slow or unavailable.

If English isn't your first (or best) language, the
English meanings can be auto-translated into Dutch, Russian
and dozens of other languages through Multi-Language
Extensions (MLX). An Internet connection is required to
access these web services.

Highlight Chinese
text

HighlightScan works with a range of text

Language learners tell us that immersion is one of the most
powerful ways to learn Chinese. Memorizing vocabulary lists
and guessing at multiple choices in games give a false sense
of actually learning a language. By interacting with
real-world information, learners can focus on subjects that
are interesting and useful--not just follow a standardized
textbook.

Highlight a range Chinese text and the MDBG HighlightScan
window shows a rudimentary autotranslation (powered by
Microsoft Bing and Google Translate) at the top. The center
reading panel shows the actual Chinese text with Pinyin
rubytext. Hover your mouse over any Chinese words in the
reading panel and see all the details (meaning, usage notes,
HSK Chinese proficiency level, Pinyin, Bopomofo, etc.).

Take action without typing Chinese

Right-click options

From either LiveScan or HighlightScan windows, right-click
your mouse to see a list of actions you can take for the
selected Chinese word(s).

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Adding Premium Voices

Add Premium Voices to MDBG
Chinese Reader. Unlike older programs that use pre-recorded
voices, these high quality voices support rate control--learn
pronunciation and conversational Chinese at your pace. As an
added bonus, they work offline so a web connection is required.